Chuuk consists of 19 'high' islands located inside a lagoon called Truk Lagoon, 10 atolls and 225 'low' coralline islands, of which many are located outside the lagoon. The high islands are composed of volcanic rock and are the peaks of a mountainous land mass, their total mass above water being 91 sq. kilometres.
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The two major geographical and dialectic divisions of the Chuuk Lagoon are Faichuuk, the western islands, and Namoneas, the eastern islands.
Chuuk Islands, cluster of 16 much-eroded high volcanic islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, western Pacific Ocean. Formerly: Truk Islands.
Jun 3, 2020 · Previously known as Truk, Chuuk is a geographical expanse of islands in the Western Pacific barely 1,000 kilometers from the U.S. unincorporated ...
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Geography of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), a country located in the western Pacific Ocean, and in the Micronesia cultural and ecological ...
Geography: Chuuk State, FSM, is the state to the east of Yap. The most populous of the FSM States is comprised of five island groups, each further comprised of ...
Chuuk State is comprised of the collection of volcanic islands within the Chuuk Lagoon and some 24 outer-island atolls --some 290 islands total.
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❖Chuuk land area is 49 square miles. GEOGRAPHY. Page 4. ❖As part of the colonial territory of the Caroline. Islands, four countries invaded Chuuk State.
The high islands in the central lagoon rise into the blue island skies. In Chuuk, the pace of life slows and tropical nature is easily observed and appreciated.
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